Monitoring over-winter soil water dynamics in a freezing and snow-covered environment using a thermally insulated tensiometer

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3013-3019

  Iwata, Yukiyoshi ^a   Hirota, Tomoyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold region; Frozen soil; Snow cover; Soil moisture; Tensiometer; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; FREEZING; FROZEN SOILS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; MONITORING; REFLECTOMETERS; SNOW; THERMAL INSULATION;

COLD REGION; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; TENSIOMETER; VADOSE ZONE;

HYDROLOGY;

COLD REGION; FROZEN GROUND; SNOW COVER; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 27144484442     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5813     Document Type: Article

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